Missing Alzheimer's patient from Calabasas found, officials say

A missing 66-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease was found Saturday and taken to his home in Calabasas, officials said.

Authorities at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Malibu/Lost Hills station said a woman contacted a deputy on patrol about 10 a.m. in Calabasas and told the deputy her patient had wandered away from his home in the 4200 block of Meadowlark Drive.

Officers began a search effort that included patrol units, members of the Malibu Mountain Search and Rescue Team, an airship and three police dogs, officials said.

The man was located about 2 p.m. in a yard in the 6600 block of William Bent Road in Hidden Hills. The resident of the home found the man's phone number on a medical alert bracelet and called his home, officials said.The man was reunited with his family and was not hurt, officials said.